"Prevention Is The Cure: Every Voice Counts!" 2010 Symposium to Prevent Domestic Abuse & Purple Ribbon Awards Luncheon

"PREVENTION IS THE CURE: EVERY VOICE COUNTS"

2010 Symposium to Prevent Domestic Abuse

Made possible in part by a grant from

St. Luke's Health Initiatives

Talk, Learn, Inspire, Act
  This inaugural symposium will explore an overall goal of deep community engagement with 6 breakout session themes focused on primary or secondary prevention. Each session is
  designed to educate, engage and encourage
  dialogue and collective action.
   

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Glendale Civic Center
5750 West Glenn Drive
Glendale, AZ  85301

SCHEDULE

7:00-8:00 AM Registration & Networking

8:00 AM-9:00 AM Plenary Session

9:15 AM- 11:15 AM Morning Sessions

11:30 AM-1:00 PM Purple Ribbon Awards Luncheon

1:15 PM-3:15 PM Afternoon Sessions

3:30 PM-4:00 PM Closing Session and Wrap-Up

TRACK THEMES & SESSIONS: 
     
Track 1: Positive Parenting: The First Step in Primary Prevention                                          This workshop is approved for 5.5 CEU contact hours from the AZ Chapter of NASW. Certification #1647
Presented by:                                                     
Bobbie Sandoz-Merrill, MSW and Tom Merrill, Ph.D.                   
Co-Authors of “Settle for More” & “Parachutes for Parents”

Designed for anyone who interacts with children including parents, day care providers, teachers, school counselors, social workers, and psychologists. Learn how to raise a child without getting angry and without using violence (spanking) to coerce a child into listening.

Track 2: Interrupting & Preventing Teen Dating Abuse
Presented by:
Jennifer Rauhouse, Peer Solutions
Sharyn Logue, MADE Coalition & Love Is Not Abuse Facilitator

(Note: Dr. Jill Murray will not be participating due to funding.)

Designed for anyone who interacts with teens including parents, teachers, school counselors, social workers, psychologists, parole officers, police officers, advocates, emergency room staff and others. This track will educate on the etiology of teen dating abuse, teach how to recognize and respond to the red flags, and discuss the seriousness of teen dating abuse and its link to relationship abuse later in life.

Track 3: Voice of the Faith-Based Community in Prevention
Facilitated by:
James Curley, CPT, C.Ht. Satori Institute                                              
Donna Bartos, Purple Ribbon Council

Designed for outreach ministers, faith-based leaders and others connected to communities of faith. This 2-part facilitated dialogue will inspire ideas for prevention within the faith-based community and plans for action.The first part of this workshop will provide clergy and other religious and lay leaders with the appropriate training to recognize warning signs of domestic abuse and patterns. Part two of this workshop will follow the Everyday Democracy model for open and honest dialogue with the goal of inspiring ideas for prevention and plans for collaborative action among the faith-based community and others.     

                                                    
Track 4: Forum 411 Theory v. Practice: Are We On the Right Track?
Presented by:
Dr. Richard Toon & William Hart  
Arizona State University Morrison Institute for Public Policy

Designed for system advocates, shelter providers, community members, issue stakeholders, prevention specialists, researchers, social workers and others, this interactive session will inspire meaningful conversation on theories versus actual prevention practices. Richard Toon and Bill Hart are the authors of two influential reports on domestic violence in Arizona: System Alert: The Criminal Justice System Response to Domestic Violence (2007) and Layers of Meaning: Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement Attitudes in Arizona (2005). During this session, Richard and Bill will lead a discussion of their latest report, Domestic Violence in Arizona: Old Problems, New Possibilities (2010).

Track 5: Prevention Through the Government Sector Lens
Panel Moderated by:                                                                 
Judge Mary Helen Maley                                                   
Santa Cruz County, AZ

Panelists include:

Judge Finn, Glendale
Judge Segal, Pima County Justice Court
Judge Vildosola, Douglas Justice Court
Kathy Waters, AOC
Nicol Green, Deputy  Pima County Attorney
Charlene Laplant, Deputy Santa Cruz County Attorney
Gary Kula, Phoenix Public Defender
Detective Raul Rodriguez, County Attorney’s Office
Paul Cunningham, Pima County Juvenile Probation Officer
Glynn Thomas, Maricopa County Probation Department

Panelists for this interactive session include prosecutors, judges, court advocates and probation officers who will share with their colleagues existing prevention models and inspire discussion on ways the criminal justice system can aid in prevention.

Track 6: Profits, Personnel & Prevention: The Business Sector’s Stake